Samsung UN65KU7000 vs Sony XBR65X750D Review

Sony XBR65X750d and Samsung UN65KU7000 are the mid-end of 4K HDR LED TV which released in 2016. The major difference between them is about the type of their panel were UN65KU7000 comes with VA Panel while XBR65X750D comes with IPS Panel. and as the basic characteristic of these panels, IPS panel has advantage on side viewing angle while VA panel has advantage on contrast and black level. Separated from their difference, overall, both of them offer good picture quality for this price range saturated color. Nevertheless, although both of them already support HDR especially HDR 10 format, but their HDR performance is limited due one or some aspect of their display specs are not quite enough to meet the minimum standardization for displaying HDR 10 contents fully set by UHD Alliance. With all features that offered by each, in the market, both of them are sold in price range $1000-$1500 where XBR65X750D is sold about $100 more expensive than XBR65X750D. But of course, these prices are not fixed and could still change at any time. So, which is a better choice between them?

Short Review of Samsung UN65KU7000

The excepting of the form of panel, features and performance which offered by Samsung UN65KU7000 are similar to its brother UN65KU7500. Overall, picture quality that displayed on its screen is good when displaying normal or SDR contents, no matter it is in a dark room or bright room. This is due it has deep black level and strong contrast. Additionally, color of the picture that displayed on its screen also looks very saturated due it also supports wide color gamut. Meanwhile, it also offers good picture quality when playing HDR contents. But unfortunately, HDR picture that produced can’t get very bright due its peak brightness is not quite bright for displaying HDR contents fully despite for displaying SDR contents, it can be said quite bright. Peak brightness also becomes the only factor why it cannot display HDR contents fully and not certified by Ultra HD premium Certification. In addition to good picture quality, Samsung UN65KU7000 is also a good performer when handling motion blur, although in certain scenes, a faint trail still slight noticeable behind fast moving objects. But for most people, this should not be an issue, so it is still great for watching fast moving images like sport program or fast movies. Additionally, it also has lower input lag where combined to good motion handling makes t is great for video games. And that is not less interesting is about their smart TV platform where with Tizen OS, it offers attractive and responsive smart TV experience.

Although it offers great performance on some features, this doesn’t mean it comes without downsides. One of the major downsides is about viewing angle where the quality of the picture will start to deteriorate at 20 degrees off center and front. Samsung UN65KU7000 is also not a good performer when playing movies. This means judder cannot be removed completely when it is displaying 24 movies at all input source. But overall, considering its price that s not too expensive, it is a great TV for its class.

Short Review of Sony XBR65X750D

Sold about $100 cheaper than Samsung UN65KU7000, Sony XBR65X750D comes with IPS panel that offers far wider viewing angle. This means the quality of the picture will looks more consistent without deterioration from wider side viewing angle. But in other hand, the use of IPS panel makes its black level is not so deep and contrast is not so strong like what offered by UN65KU7000. The result, when used in a dark room, dark scenes look tend to grey that of course will reduce the naturalness of the picture that produced. When used in a bright room, picture produced looks better, but still not the best in class. Meanwhile, for displaying HDR contents, its black level and contrast is also not quite dark and strong than what required. Fortunately, although it doesn’t support wide color gamut required for displaying HDR, color delivered by XBR65X750D is good enough for displaying SDR contents. And like UN65KU7000, its peak brightness is quite bright for displaying SDR contents, but still far from what required for displaying HDR that is about 1000 nits of peak brightness.

While picture quality produced is not as good as UN65KU7000, Sony XBR65X750D has faster pixel responsive time that makes it s better when handling motion blur. This means XBR65X750D is better when used for watching sports or other fast moving images. Additionally, although the input lag of XBR65X750D is not as low as Samsung KU7000, but it is still quite low for games. Not only that, the one of the major advantages of XBR65X750D is about their 4K Up-scaling engine where it up-scales lower resolution to near 4K quality sharply without lost a lot of small details. It is also a good performer when handling 24p movies. This means there s no judder noticeable when they are playing 24p movies, even via 60i or 60p signals. And for completing your home entertainment with smart features, it comes with Google Android TV as its platform that is not less attractive than Tizen OS.

The advantages of Samsung UN65KU7000

As we have discussed a lot above, Samsung UN65KU7000 offers better picture quality no matter it is displaying SDR or HDR contents due its deeper black level, stronger contrast, and wider color gamut. The dark scenes of images are revealed well on its screen makes the picture displayed looks very natural. Color is also very saturated no matter it s displaying SDR or HDR contents. Additionally, when displaying normal contents, the picture produced is also looks bright enough so makes the quality of the picture looks consistently in a bright room. Overall, no matter it is in a bright room or bright room, or when displaying SDR or HDR contents, Samsung UN65KU7000 offers better picture quality than XBR65X750D. But of course, this doesn’t apply when you are watching TV from side viewing angle because it has terrible side viewing angle.

The advantages of Sony XBR65X750D

Contrast and black level produced by Sony XBR65X750D might not as deep and strong as what offered by UN65KU7000 which makes its picture quality is also not as good as what offered by KU7000, but in other hand, it offers wider viewing angle that makes it s better when used in a wide room with a lot of viewers watch from multiple side viewing angle. Additionally, XBR65X750D is also offers better motion handling that makes it is better when used for watching sport program or other fast moving images. Additionally, its ability for removing judder also make it is a good TV when used for watching 24p moves at any sources.

Summary

Conclusion

Which one is a better choice between them? As mentioned, in the market Sony XBR65X750D is sold about $100 more expensive than Samsung UN65KU7000, but as the advantage, it offers better viewing angle and good motion handling that makes it is better when used in a wide room or for watching fast moving images like sports of fast moves.. In other hand, although UN65KU7000 is sold cheaper, but it offers better picture quality Meanwhile, their performance on UHD –Up-scaling or when used for games, or smart TV is almost the same. If there is a difference, it is not too major. Now the decision comes back to you according to your preferences like we have discussed a lot above. But even so, before you decide to choose one of them, there are a lot of opinions from each of their real customers where you can make as your further consideration.

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